▲ 294 ▼ Bazzite just delivered over a petabyte of ISOs in a single month (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago (9 children) 7.0GB per ISO What the hell. Why so heavy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] Damage@feddit.it 28 points 10 months ago Because it downloads nothing and it's got several softwares and tools bundled in permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago (5 children) It's got most stuff on it. They'd include the entire repo if they could, but a dvd only fits 8gb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) Just out of curiosity, I wonder what percentage of the downloaders burned a DVD to boot the ISO. I have to imgaine almost everyone is using USB sticks these days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) There are dozens of us! Dozens! (Installed it on an older DDR3 PC for someone) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Was it more convenient or was it not bootable from USB? Bootable from USB started becoming common about 20 years ago, I'm surprised Bazzite even works on machines that old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent [–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Gives you more comparability on pen drives, too. Lots of people probably have a 8gb stick lying around, people are somewhat less likely to have a bigger one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wagesj45@fedia.io 9 points 10 months ago To fit all the gamin' permalink fedilink source parent [–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago IIRC, it is a current limitation of rpm-ostree, which results in an ISO that is nearly double in size. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Damage@feddit.it 28 points 10 months ago Because it downloads nothing and it's got several softwares and tools bundled in permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago (5 children) It's got most stuff on it. They'd include the entire repo if they could, but a dvd only fits 8gb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) Just out of curiosity, I wonder what percentage of the downloaders burned a DVD to boot the ISO. I have to imgaine almost everyone is using USB sticks these days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) There are dozens of us! Dozens! (Installed it on an older DDR3 PC for someone) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Was it more convenient or was it not bootable from USB? Bootable from USB started becoming common about 20 years ago, I'm surprised Bazzite even works on machines that old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent [–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Gives you more comparability on pen drives, too. Lots of people probably have a 8gb stick lying around, people are somewhat less likely to have a bigger one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) Just out of curiosity, I wonder what percentage of the downloaders burned a DVD to boot the ISO. I have to imgaine almost everyone is using USB sticks these days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) There are dozens of us! Dozens! (Installed it on an older DDR3 PC for someone) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Was it more convenient or was it not bootable from USB? Bootable from USB started becoming common about 20 years ago, I'm surprised Bazzite even works on machines that old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) There are dozens of us! Dozens! (Installed it on an older DDR3 PC for someone) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Was it more convenient or was it not bootable from USB? Bootable from USB started becoming common about 20 years ago, I'm surprised Bazzite even works on machines that old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Was it more convenient or was it not bootable from USB? Bootable from USB started becoming common about 20 years ago, I'm surprised Bazzite even works on machines that old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago It does, but runs a bit slow. Switched it to Garuda xfce after. I don't know if it was faster or slower than USB 2.0 Speeds permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Gives you more comparability on pen drives, too. Lots of people probably have a 8gb stick lying around, people are somewhat less likely to have a bigger one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago IIRC, it is a current limitation of rpm-ostree, which results in an ISO that is nearly double in size. permalink fedilink source parent